![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/andrew-flintoff-leaves-stuart-broad-surprised-by-what-he-saw-in-england-coaching-session/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_STARBROADFLINTOFF.jpg&description=Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff has made a return to cricket nine months after his horror crash during filming for Top Gear, and has been seen putting England's stars through their paces Andrew Flintoff has been "In really fine form" and was even outperforming England's full-time bowling coach during his unexpected return to cricket, according to Stuart Broad. England icon Flintoff, 45, has returned to the game after sustaining serious injuries in a horror crash while filming for Top Gear in December last year. The popular former all-rounder had been driving an open-topped three-wheel Morgan Super 3 at 130mph at the Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey while undertaking a challenge for the series, which he joined as a presenter in 2019. The crash is said to have left Flintoff seriously shaken, and he has been recovering away from the public eye before being spotted at the One Day International against New Zealand in Cardiff on Friday, with scars visible on his face and his nose covered with tape. With no plans to return to Top Gear, Flintoff has been indulging in his first love, and after conversations with his good friend and England Cricket Board managing director Rob Key, he has returned to work with England's senior and junior teams. Fast bowling legend Broad, who played with Flintoff for England during a career which spanned 167 Test matches before his retirement after this year's Ashes, provided an update on his former team-mate's condition ahead of the rain-affected second One Day International with New Zealand in Southampton on Sunday. When asked by Sky Sports presenter Ian Ward how Flintoff was, Broad said: "Yeah great. I saw him in Cardiff and had 10 minutes with him and he was in really fine form. "He's been doing some work with the England under-19s which he really enjoyed, and he just arrived in Cardiff to settle into this group for this series. "I think, ultimately, when you look at the players who are in this white ball side, Freddie Flintoff would have inspir){kind=link}
Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff has made a return to cricket nine months after his horror crash during filming for Top Gear, and has been seen putting England’s stars through their paces
Andrew Flintoff has been “In really fine form” and was even outperforming England’s full-time bowling coach during his unexpected return to cricket, according to Stuart Broad.
England icon Flintoff, 45, has returned to the game after sustaining serious injuries in a horror crash while filming for Top Gear in December last year.
The popular former all-rounder had been driving an open-topped three-wheel Morgan Super 3 at 130mph at the Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey while undertaking a challenge for the series, which he joined as a presenter in 2019.
The crash is said to have left Flintoff seriously shaken, and he has been recovering away from the public eye before being spotted at the One Day International against New Zealand in Cardiff on Friday, with scars visible on his face and his nose covered with tape.